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Chapter 6. IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 271

Linux and VMware installation

The procedure for Linux and VMware is similar to the Windows procedure:

1. Install the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.

2. Create a deployment image.

3. Prepare a USB key.

For more information, see the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition User’s

Reference at the following website:

http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) is an environment to boot computers using a

network interface for operating system deployment. All eX5 systems support PXE.

For example, you can use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit. For more information, see the

IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User’s Reference at the following web page:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1SERV-TOOLKIT

Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment

IBM Software has an offering for users needing advanced features for automating and

managing the remote deployment of OSs and virtual images, in the form of Tivoli®

Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment. It is available in a stand-alone package and as an

extension to IBM Systems Director.

You can obtain more information about these offerings at the following web pages:

򐂰 Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment:

http://ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/prov-mgr-os-deploy/

򐂰 Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment IBM Systems Director Edition:

http://ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/prov-mgr-osd-isd/

6.10.2 Use of embedded VMware ESXi

ESXi is an embedded version of VMware ESX. The footprint of ESXi is small (approximately

32 MB) because it does not use the Linux-based Service Console. Instead, it uses

management tools, such VirtualCenter, the Remote Command-Line interface, and Common

Information Model (CIM) for standards-based and agentless hardware monitoring. VMware

ESXi includes full VMware File System (VMFS) support across Fibre Channel and iSCSI

SAN, and network attached storage (NAS). It supports 4-way Virtual SMP (VSMP). ESXi 4.0

supports 64 CPU threads (for example, eight x 8-core CPUs) and can address 1 TB of RAM.

The VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 embedded virtualization keys are orderable. See 2.9.1,

“VMware ESXi” on page 50 for the part numbers.

RAID controller: If the target system contains a RAID controller, RAID is configured as

part of the installation.

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